Above The Sky
Chapter 502 - 502 471 The Living Imperial Capital 13

502: Chapter 471 The Living Imperial Capital (1/3) 502: Chapter 471 The Living Imperial Capital (1/3) ‘Solitary Mountain City,’ ‘Divine Blessing City,’ ‘Glory City.’

These words are all names of a city.

Language is essentially very pale, and just with these words alone, without laying eyes on it oneself, who could have imagined that the so-called ‘Imperial Capital’ would actually be such an outrageous thing?

Standing on the ground and gradually approaching the Imperial Capital, Ian could see the horizon gradually being occupied by a grey-black plane, blocking the clouds and mist behind.

That was the ‘city wall’ of the Imperial Capital.

A row of ‘city walls’ 300 meters high.

Speaking of city walls, in most people’s imagination, they would be no higher than twenty meters.

In fact, Humans are quite insensitive to height; ten meters high sounds just about right, but if a ten-meter-tall Giant actually walked in front of them, they would feel an incomparable shock.

Not to mention such Giants running at over a hundred kilometers per hour, like a super-giant truck coming at them head-on, basically everyone would lose the ability to think due to shock and fear.

Twenty meters is already a daunting height.

In the absence of Sublimators and gunpowder weapons, walls of such height would almost guarantee the defenders an unbeatable position.

It might as well be called an ‘Indomitable Solid City.’

But the walls of the Imperial Capital…

or rather, the structure known as ‘city walls,’ even at their shortest, are ten times taller and more imposing than the highest walls Humans could normally imagine.

In front of such walls, even Titan Beasts tens or even hundreds of meters high…

would only highlight their own insignificance.

The exterior of the city wall is a special alloy, and peering through the broken cracks, one can see a spongy, porous structure…

that is a special kind of organic biological matter that becomes denser and more solid over time, organically blending with the outer iron structure and making it increasingly thick and heavy.

“This thing isn’t a wall at all.”

While eating the remaining apple pie, Ian looked far into the distance.

The silver-green halo in his eyes lit up, then he shook his head, “This thing is probably what was built in the strata before, the ‘foundation’ part used to secure the upper structures…

but due to the Calamity of Heavenly Fall, these structures that were originally below the surface protruded out, forming a structure similar to city walls.”

“And those biomaterials, I guess, are the ‘roots’ that the civilization of the previous era combined with extraterrestrial biotechnology into their own technology tree, connecting the entire ‘Planetary Shield Generator’ to the crust.”

“Yes, roots…

I see, that’s the whole thing, no wonder the structure is like this, the alloy layer is just a shell, its inside isn’t completely empty scaffolding or solid mechanical structure, but rather…

something living.”

“This city is alive…

golden…

the entire Imperial Capital…

is one whole, dazzling golden, like the sun – Fifth Energy Level…

supermassive man-made…

mechanical life form?!”

“Its structure extends kilometers into the ground…

no, tens of kilometers, the whole Quinor Plains are a stable structure supported by its roots…

cough!”

As he muttered to himself, Ian suddenly felt a heat deep in his brain, and a terrible pain struck—following that, his mind went blank for a moment.

When he came to, he had been unconscious for three seconds, and both Hua’an and Frost Butterfly had quickly flown to his side, supporting his body to prevent him from falling off the horse.

“What’s wrong, Ian?”

Hua’an held an umbrella in her hand, and the fancy sun umbrella at this moment had been retracted to become a staff with a Cold Light Diamond on the tip.

The Little Fairy flew into the air, quickly on the alert, as the tip of her staff began to shine with golden light in the air, expanding visible striped defense grids around them, protecting both Ian and Frost Butterfly, who was rummaging through her pack for medicine, “Were you sneak attacked?

But I didn’t sense any Spirit Energy or Origin Quality fluctuations?!”

“No, no…

er, it’s nothing.

It’s my own problem.

I had a Spirit Energy backlash.”

Sitting up straight on the horseback, Ian shook his head, blinked hard, and after wiping away the blood that had spilled, he sighed, “Sorry, Miss Hua’an, I’ve worried you.

You know, I’m a Spirit Energy User with the Foresight View, so just now when I got close to the Imperial Capital, I couldn’t help using my Spirit Energy Observation…”

“The result…”

He didn’t continue, but everyone knew the outcome.

Frost Butterfly anxiously flew to Ian’s side, bringing over a bottle of healing potion.

Although Ian felt he didn’t need it, seeing the little fairy’s worried expression, he still smiled and gulped down the potion, “It’s okay, I am fine.”

“What the heck, you’re so smart, but how could you do something so foolish?!”

After hearing the reason for Ian’s sudden fainting, Miss Hua’an felt both irritated and amused, “How dare you use your Spirit Energy to directly observe an entire city, and the Imperial Capital at that?

You really have some nerve!”

At that, she also couldn’t help but place a hand to her forehead and sighed, putting away the parasol that was her wand in disguise, “However, Humans becoming Spirit Energy Users are because they are fools…

If this is truly your desire, then I suppose you would do the same next time.”

“Hopefully Frost Butterfly can help you with this in the future.”

“I think it will certainly be fine.” Ian smiled, placing Frost Butterfly on his shoulder, “Frost Butterfly is very clever!”

“Exactly!” The little fairy tilted her head proudly.

“Easy for you to say!”

Miss Hua’an approached Ian, still huffing, and reached out to touch his forehead, using Origin Quality sensing to check the young man’s physical state, only then nodding in relief, “Luckily, you’re okay.

What would we have done if it had left you with sequelae?”

“About that…” Ian paused for a moment and then lowered his head, allowing Miss Hua’an to sense him, “If there were any dangerous consequences, I would have definitely known in advance.”

“Wow, known in advance, are you perhaps a Prophet!” Fairy Miss snorted, retracting her hand, “Stop bragging.”

“Of course.” Ian said with a faint smile, “I am a Prophet.”

“You’re fooling the fairy!”

This was the ‘Magical backlash of Foresight View’ that Ian hadn’t experienced in a long time since he became a Sublimator.

Thanks to the ascension brought about by the ‘Domain of Extremes’ to his soul, the young man was already capable of observing the Fourth Power Level without feeling any pressure.

Therefore, this time when observing the Imperial Capital, after thinking for a while, Ian continued his observation, extending it to the entire city and even some of the underground structures.

The results proved…

that the gap between the Fifth Power Level and the Fourth Power Level was still too vast.

Naturally, Ian suspected that it was because he hadn’t truly seen any individual at the Fourth Power Level.

The image of the dragon that is the mother of Sio, the King of the Mountain sweeping over the earth, was too far away, the sensation was not very real.

And Prince An’s Heart Light Body was just a small separation of the Heart Light Body, not the Complete Form.

But what he just observed was the real Imperial Capital — the Complete Form, right before his eyes.

“All I can say is, the information collected is very precious…

worth the backlash.”

Shaking his head to clear his mind a bit, Ian did not think his decision was wrong.

Sometimes, a Prophet needs to risk backlash in order to obtain some valuable information.

Just like now, what he already knows about the true situation of the Imperial Capital…

in the hands of other countries, or certain people within The Empire, it would be a treasure beyond price.

The speed of the horse slowed down because at this moment, Ian and his party had already entered the ‘City Below the Mountain,’ surrounding the Imperial Capital.